Dr. Charlene Kalle and Dr. Tim van Erven awarded with TOP-grant

30 maart 2016

Dr. Charlene Kalle and dr. Tim van Erven, both assistant professors at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University have received a TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research).

Tim van Erven received the grant for his project “Online Convex Optimization for the Effective Curvature (EFFECT)” and Charlene Kalle for her project: “A (w)hole lot of number expansions”.

The TOP grant program aims to strengthen and renew challenging and innovative lines of research. Awardees have applied ground-breaking, high quality research projects that have a scientific urgency.
In total, sixteen scientists in the Netherlands received the TOP-grant.

The grants are awarded to young scientists who are at the start of their scientific career and who are at the top of their discipline.